Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Questioning one's beliefs Majority opinions Thinking for oneself The masses Consensus

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Humorist Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 35. Originally from Notebook, c. 1904.

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Why did God make me an outcast and a stranger in mine own house?

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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

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Current Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. The Souls of Black Folk, edited by Brent Hayes Edwards. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 1.

Another quote about The masses

The mad mob does not ask how it could be better, only that it be different. And when it then becomes worse, it must change again. Thus they get bees for flies, and at last hornets for bees.

Martin Luther

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Topic
The mob The masses

Author

Martin Luther
Language
German
Time
1526 1520s 16th century
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Luther, Martin. Ob Kriegesleute auch in seligem Stande sein können [Whether Soldiers Can Also Be in a State of Grace]. c. 1526.

Current Citation

Luther, Martin. "Whether Soldiers, Too, Can Be Saved." Works of Martin Luther, translated by C. M. Jacobs. Vol. 5, Baker Book House, 1982.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Use a little wine for thy stomach's sake.

1st Timothy 5:23

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Wine Alchol
Source
1st Timothy The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Advice
Language
Greek
Time
64 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Timothy 5:23).